ngXpress: The Full-Stack Angular Starter Kit (SSR, Zoneless, Express 5, Prisma, better-auth, Tailwind CSS 4)

🚧 Development Notice
This template/starter kit is currently under active development with major changes and improvements coming. We will launch officially on July 16th, 2025 with enhanced features, better documentation, and production-ready examples.

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Created and maintained by @immohammadjaved

Think of ngXpress as the Next.js equivalent for Angular — but without the bloat, plugins, or learning curve. Just Angular + Express, the way it should be. ngXpress is a modern Angular 20 + Express 5 starter with SSR, zoneless execution, Prisma ORM, better-auth for authentication, and Tailwind CSS for styling. Build scalable, maintainable full-stack apps with zero boilerplate.

ngXpress: Modern Angular + Express full-stack starter in action

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🚀 What is ngXpress?

ngXpress is a full-stack Angular starter kit designed to give you a seamless, modern development experience. It brings together the best of Angular 20, Express 5, zoneless execution, Prisma ORM, better-auth for authentication, and Tailwind CSS for styling—all in one place.

With ngXpress, you get:

• A feature-first, modular backend structure for rapid API development
• Out-of-the-box SSR for SEO and performance
• A zoneless Angular setup for maximum speed and simplicity
• Built-in authentication and beautiful, responsive UI with Tailwind CSS
• A codebase that’s easy to extend, maintain, and deploy

Whether you’re building a prototype or a production app, ngXpress gives you the tools and patterns you need—without the overhead or complexity of other frameworks.

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✨ Features

• Angular 20 with SSR, signals, and standalone components
• Express 5 REST API, modular by feature
• Prisma ORM (SQLite by default, easy to switch)
• Zoneless: No zone.js required — enjoy modern, high-performance Angular
• Authentication-ready with better-auth
• Tailwind CSS for modern, responsive UI
• TypeScript everywhere
• Global error handling
• Feature-first folder structure
• Ready for deployment

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend: Angular 20 (zoneless), TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
Backend: Express 5, Prisma ORM, Node.js, better-auth
Dev Tools: Angular CLI, ESLint, Prettier

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🚀 Quick Start

1. Create your project from this template

   • Click the green “Use this template” button on GitHub
   • Choose your repo name and create your new project

2. Clone your new repository

   git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_REPO_NAME.git
   cd YOUR_REPO_NAME

3. Install dependencies

   npm install

4. Set up the database

   npx prisma migrate dev --name init